JAPAN: Toyota denies Mercedes model share plan
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 2 July 2009
Toyota has denied a German magazine report that it was considering building derivatives of Mercedes-Benz's A-and B-class cars on its own platform to better utilise its European plants in the long term.
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